Arts & Entertainment
The latest arts and entertainment highlights, previews, reviews, music and film features and opinion pieces from The Skinny writers.
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BooksI'll Sell You a Dog by Juan Pablo Villalobos
Humour, according to Juan Pablo Villalobos, is 'a weapon against power'. It was this principal that animated the Mexican writer's widely acclaimed first two ... Read more »| 13 Oct 2016 -
MusicLive music in Manchester this week: 13-18 Oct
A Carefully Planned Festival takes over the Northern Quarter this weekend as the ultimate highlight of your gigging plans, but you can also catch psych bunch Allah-Las, Manchester's own Spring King and more elsewhere. Read more »| 13 Oct 2016 -
Music
Live music in Liverpool this week: 12-18 Oct
Another hectic week for live music in Liverpool: Johnny Foreigner, Gorgon City and MØ number among the highlights, but that's merely the tip of the iceberg... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
FilmJustin Kelly on gay porn drama King Cobra
We speak to filmmaker Justin Kelly about true-crime tale King Cobra, in which James Franco stars as a porn producer ready to kill to work with the hottest ne... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
FilmSully
Tom Hanks stars in Clint Eastwood's stirring true-life tale of heroism Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Music
Swans @ The Ritz, Manchester, 9 Oct
Swans aren’t a band that come out and play the hits. The last 30 years have seen them push genre boundaries and explore countless styles – n... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016
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Music
Pity Sex @ Soup Kitchen, Manchester, 7 Oct
An evening of squalling alt rock? Best pack your earplugs. Local boys Claw The Thin Ice set the tone in more than capable fashion, with guitars fli... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Music
Scottish Gig Highlights: 12-18 Oct
October, as ever, is one of the busiest months on the gigging circuit – we’ve jumped headfirst into what Edinburgh and Glasgow have to offer this... Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Art
Protests at London Science Museum Wonderlab opening
Protesters slam Science Museum's oil sponsorship of new children's gallery, Wonderlab, and the gallery's ‘elitist’ admission charges Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Edinburgh Clubbing Highlights: 12-18 October
Grime superstar Kano hits the capital this Wednesday, while Nightvision host a heavy bass party at La Belle Angele and the annual Oxjam Edinburgh Takeover celebrates clubbing with a conscience Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Clubs
Glasgow Clubbing Highlights: 12-18 October
Red Bull Music Academy returns to Glasgow this weekend with a string of shows, lectures and workshops - elsewhere, Hieroglyphic Being plays a live set at The Art School, and Trouw resident Job Jobse joins Red Axes at Sub Club Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Film
Manchester Queer Media Festival reveals programme
The full programme has been announced for the third annual Queer Media Festival, which will take place at HOME, Manchester on 5 November. Read more »| 12 Oct 2016 -
Comedy
Monkey Barrel: Comedy Spotlight
Monkey Barrel Comedy has rolled into its own home on Blair Street, and here Ben Verth tells us about his plans for Edinburgh's new comedy club Read more »| 11 Oct 2016 -
Music
Architecture and Chirality: Meet XamVolo
One of the most hotly-tipped acts in Liverpool right now, singer/producer XamVolo's star continues to rise steadily. We chat sunglasses and architecture with a true R'n'B original Read more »| 11 Oct 2016 -
Film
Watch a Where You're Meant to Be deleted scene
Watch Aidan Moffat at his foul-mouthed best as he prepares to give a performance at the Faslane peace camp in a scene that didn't make it into Where You're M... Read more »| 11 Oct 2016